05-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Govt mulls extending FLYsiswa to land transport in peninsula
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Akademi Kenegaraan Malaysia is looking into expanding the Perdana Fellow programme for youths.
PETALING JAYA : The government will discuss the possibility of expanding its FLYsiswa initiative, which provides subsidised flight tickets, to include land transport for students in Peninsular Malaysia, says Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Bernama reported him as saying the annual initiative by the transport ministry could potentially be implemented for specific journeys or destinations within the peninsula.
'FLYsiswa is (currently) focussed on Sabah and Sarawak because we all know flights to those states are expensive, especially during festive seasons … so we decided to offer assistance.
'As for FLYsiswa in the peninsula, I'll discuss it with transport minister Loke Siew Fook. Perhaps we can look into implementing it for certain areas or specific locations,' he said at the 'Temu Anwar' programme at the Management and Science University in Shah Alam today.
He was responding to a participant who suggested the government extend FLYsiswa to cover land transport for students in Peninsular Malaysia.
FLYsiswa subsidises flight tickets for public university, polytechnic and community college students, as well as matriculation and teacher training institute students, for domestic routes between Peninsular Malaysia, and Sabah, Sarawak or Labuan.
Separately, Anwar said Akademi Kenegaraan Malaysia is looking into expanding the Perdana Fellow programme, creating more opportunities for youths to gain experience from national leadership.
He said the government views the programme, introduced 10 years ago, as the best platform for students to understand the government's direction and work culture at the highest level, while also preventing them from being influenced by baseless accusations against the administration.
'We will discuss how to give those who are unable to join the Perdana Fellow Programme other opportunities to engage with and learn from government leaders, ministers and deputy ministers.
'This is being managed by the academy and other relevant parties to allow more youths to gain knowledge about the administration and its work culture,' he said.
